Wikipedia:Requests for page protection

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Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here.

Before requesting, read the protection policy. Full protection is used to stop edit warring between multiple users or to prevent vandalism to high-risk templates; semi-protection and pending changes are usually used to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see the rough guide to semi-protection); and move protection is used to stop pagemove revert wars. Extended confirmed protection is used where semi-protection has proved insufficient (see the rough guide to extended confirmed protection) After a page has been protected, it is listed in the page history and logs with a short rationale, and the article is listed on Special:Protectedpages. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, admins should not revert to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism. Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level Request protection Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level Request unprotection Request a specific edit to a protected page Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here Request edit

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Current requests for protection

Place requests for new or upgrading pending changes, semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection, template editor protection, or upload protection at the BOTTOM of this section. Check the archive of fulfilled and denied requests or, failing that, the page history if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Whitley Bay High School (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Under attack, most probably from atendees of the school.~ PHDrillSergeant...§ 21:18, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Lebanon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Requesting semi-protection. The article has been vandalized by 30 different IP addresses during this month alone, with multiple offenders such as 165.29.85.125. I'm currently working on getting this article GA status, but with all this vandalism going on, legitimate editors will be spending more time reverting vandalism than writing quality material (the article is already in need of much editing). A lot of the recent edits (by users other than myself) have been just reverting vandalism. I think the semi-protection should be temporary just until we have a decent GA article on our hands. Lestat 20:40, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Water (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect. This article gets a lot of vandalism. All edits in the past 2 or 3 days have been either vandalism or reverting the same. 6 vandalisms so far today, 9 yesterday. The vandalism is childish stuff like references to bodily functions, saying so-and-so invented water, partial and complete page blanking, etc. It comes from many different IPs. It would be nice to see this eventually reach GA status, but the vandalism makes it difficult to work on. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 20:28, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Constitution Party (United States) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Request for semi-protection due to the continual vandalism from anonymous IPs. — ChristTrekker 18:51, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I've been watching this and: 1) The low level of activity there does not warrant any form of protection, 2) this is a legitimate content dispute, not vandalism. In the absence of actual edit warring and disruption, requests such always appear to grant a particular side in the content dispute the upper hand. Protection in this case is not necessary. FeloniousMonk 19:04, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

John Cena (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Requesting semi protection. Same song, different verse. Multiple IPs are vandalizeing faster than I can even revert (took me 5 tries and I got 5 edit conflicts) with more edits right after. It needs to be locked as soon as possible. -- bd (talk to me) (watch me) 18:41, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Korean Minjok Leadership Academy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Requesting full protection since a possibly conspired group of annonymous users are attempting simple and repeated vandalist attacks on this page about a well-known high school in Korea. Various subtle yet highly mischievous changes on the content of the articles include adding a link to 'sexual education' page as a part of a pun on the Korean version of the school motto, substituting information regarding school events with imagined farcicial events such as unexisting fruit-eating contests.

Full protection is for vandalism and edit wars between registered users. If anonymous vandals are attacking an article, semi-protection should be used instead. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 09:52, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Sdalink (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

Requesting semi protection. User continues to blank his talk page after being blocked from editing. May require other action, have listed at the complex admin noticeboard. MyNameIsNotBob 09:03, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Semi protection prevents editing by anonymous users or by accounts less than 4 days old. How could a registered user's own talk page possibly qualify for semi-protection? He isn't anonymous, and if his account is more than 4 days old, semi-protection would accomplish nothing. Am I misunderstanding something here? -Amatulic 21:49, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Bobby Fischer (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Requesting semi protection as unregistered users have been systematically deleting all references to Fischer's well-documented anti-Semitism (here's Fischer's website) & his Jewish heritage. Ironically, I do think there's an emphasis problem in the articles. Like John Forbes Nash, RJF is probably not fully responsible for his anti-Semitic comments (lay speculation: I am not a medical professional). Unlike Nash, antisemitism has been central to RJF's identity for some 25 years; publicly so since 1999 (if not earlier): his comments re 9/11/2001 are exemplary. I would love to solve this problem by addition (e.g., beefing up the chess content circa 1970, which is rather weak), and am happy to discuss POV issues with registered users, but am disinclined to cave in to the whims of nameless antisemites (rather difficult to assume good faith). Billbrock 08:06, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Posts were by suspected sockpuppet(s) of banned User:Licorne--per admin comments. Billbrock 19:43, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Knight Online (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Requesting semi protection from forum vandals. --Wafulz 21:50, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Current requests for unprotection

Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin at their talk page. Post below only if you receive no reply.

• To find out the username of the admin who protected the page click on "history" at the top of the page, then click on "View logs for this page" which is under the title of the page. The protecting admin is the username in blue before the words "protected", "changed protection level" or "pending changes". If there are a number of entries on the log page, you might find it easier to select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" from the dropdown menu in the blue box.
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Check the archives if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Akatsuki (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

This page has been protected from vandalism for a while now. Allow unprotection to be deactivated. Some recently obtained information has been discovered and should be added 22:03 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Bill Gates (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

It's been semi-protected for almost a week... let's unprotect this and see how things go. -/- Warren 09:26, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Australian Young Labor (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi. Requesting unprotection for this IP address. The continuous removal of links by user Lacrimosus and others over the past couple of weeks to the two additional websites (ACT & VIC, see history) is purely for political purposes. Considering I was the user to initially add all websites in good faith, I don't agree with the removal of certain websites for political gain as this is not the nature of the informative article. There is no distinction between 'official' and 'unofficial' sites. --203.100.252.74 05:49, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

George Allen (U.S. politician) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

It's been a few days and the Macaca clones have quieted down. Might as well risk it. --StuffOfInterest 22:34, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree. I would like to edit, but do not want to sign up for an account. Thanks. --198.185.18.207 13:47, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Kitty Pryde (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

It was move protected. I added the {{R from alternate name}} template to the Shadowcat redirect, so the user who kept moving it to that page over redirect will have to submit a WP:RM request or try to use {{db-move}}; in any case, he can't disruptively move war anymore. Hbdragon88 07:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Natalia Tena (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The only reason this has been "vandalized" is by adding two fansites to the section. It is not fair that one should have priority over the other, or that their can't be more than one at all! Someone seems to think this is the rule, and is quite paranoid about it, all I am asking is that the link natalia-tena.net, a valid Natalia Tena source that will benefit users perhaps even more than the article itself is placed under external links. Thankyou.Poifect 010:19, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit (second nomination) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Requesting unprotection so that comments made by a banned user while he was banned can be removed. See Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Dr_Chatterjee. Centrx protected this page to force the retention of comments by an indefinitely banned vandal; however, Wikipedia:Banning_policy#Enforcement_by_reverting_edits clearly states that

Any edits made in defiance of a ban may be reverted to enforce the ban, regardless of the merits of the edits themselves. As the banned user is not authorised to make those edits, there is no need to discuss them prior to reversion. Users are generally expected to refrain from reinstating any edits made by banned users.

John254 17:10, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Eric Lerner (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Just stopped by this page; it has been protected for nearly eleven days and the last discussion post was seven days ago. Let's unprotect this and bring it back to the wikiworld. Sdedeo (tips) 19:32, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree with him Cooldude830

Current requests for significant edits to a protected page

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• Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add the appropriate template among {{Edit protected}}, {{Edit template-protected}}, {{Edit extended-protected}}, or {{Edit semi-protected}} to the article's talk page if you would like to make a change rather than requesting it here. Doing so will automatically place the page in the appropriate category for the request to be reviewed.
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User:Jason Gastrich (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Tags are inaccurate. {{Indefblockeduser}} should be replaced with {{Banned user}} due to a community ban, and {{Sockpuppeteer}} should be replaced with {{Sockpuppeteerproven}} because this user has some proven sockpuppets. Jesse Viviano 02:31, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Fulfilled/denied requests

User:Tonym88 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Requesting full protection for my user page and talk page. I'm trying to retire, however it is impossible to do that since someone ([1] [2] [3]) keeps redirecting my user and talk pages to the ones of User:Sakuragi. Fully protecting the page is the only answer to this redirecting war, and I request it be fully protected forever since I'm not coming back. --TonyM ^{ｷﾀ━( °∀° )━ｯ!!} 16:31, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

• Fully protected (and I indefblocked 2 of the accounts who were redirecting it) Syrthiss 16:44, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-Protection because of edit warring between two users. One's an IP so it'll effectively stop them and force better conversation. The article won't get any better as long as they're fighting each other. – Someguy0830 (Talk | contribs) 09:04, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

• Semi-protected —this is messedrocker (talk) 10:57, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

List of main characters in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-Protection because of recent IP vandalism, in addition to FHFIF articles' vulnerability due to the way it is designed. --Juigi Kario (Charge! * My crusades) 03:32, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

• Semi-protected —this is messedrocker (talk) 11:00, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

MapleStory (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-Protection Repeated vandalism from MULTIPLE IP addresses, may lead others to gain false information in the future by falsifying data that not everyone can verify if correct or not. Is vandalized several times a day and the main source are from IP addresses. May this semi-protection also be a long term semi protection, say 2-3 weeks just to make sure since the last time we semi protected, they came back right away. Mapletip 21:06, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

• Semi-protected —this is messedrocker (talk) 11:02, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Bindi Irwin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Request full protection based on this version. This article has been going through an endless circle of fighting since Steve Irwin's death, as seen by history. Its a constant revert war at first between the original "stub" form of the article, and a redirect to Steve Irwin. I finally just wrote a heavily sourced fleshed out version, which then stood for days until someone did it again. Now I've filed for DRV to make it procedurally complete, but I have established notability already--DRV is just to stop people fighting. As this article subject is generating lots of traffic still, I request it be protected as that suggested article form. It hurts nothing, and as AfD states: when in doubt, do not delete. Thanks. · XP · 14:52, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

• Fully protected —this is messedrocker (talk) 11:05, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Declined -- there is no edit war - it passed 24 hours ago. Unprotected and request denied. This request was filed in good faith but was a little late in coming. -- Longhair\^talk 11:34, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Juicy J (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I request semi-protection because new IP accounts are being used often to change the article subject's year of birth to anything but 1975; the year clearly given on his IMDB profile. --Geniac 04:13, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protected —this is messedrocker (talk) 11:06, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Uchuu Keiji Shaider (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Requesting semi-protection. Some anon keeps removing important cleanup notices and adding linkspam. He has been warned and has been constantly reverted, but he keeps reverting back to his version. jgp ^T_C 02:09, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

• Semi-protected —this is messedrocker (talk) 11:12, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

PlayStation 2 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

This is a request for semi-protection. IP users have been repeatly vandalizing PlayStation 2 best selling game from Gran Turismo 3 to GTA:San Andreas. This is the third time this has happened. Most recent vandalism happened today at 17:35, 25 September 2006 by IP 70.45.55.254. Valoem ^talk 21:28, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

• Semi-protected —this is messedrocker (talk) 11:12, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Britney Spears' fifth studio album (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Shortly after this article was denied protection, various IP addresses have struck repeatedly, re-posting chart trajectory and album sales; once again for an album that doesn't have a release date. I would again request semi protection, as it is only anonymous IP addresses making these unnecessary additions. Anthony Hit me up... 15:37, 25 September 2006 (UTC) Update - the following edits have been made by multiple IP addresses: [4] [5] [6] [7] - all within a 48 hour span, after the initial page protection request was denied. Anthony Hit me up... 23:39, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

• Semi-protected —this is messedrocker (talk) 11:11, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Tando Allahyar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Requesting full protection This relates to an article on a city of Pakistan, in a section from the article called "Prominent Personalities hailing from Tando Allahyar" faced numerous and severe mass editing mainly by unregistered users resulting in a communal edit war, as anyone hailing from this town wanted his/her name in that list or his\her enemy name's removed. It prompted me to remove the section altogether to discourage them. Unforunately it did not work as they copied and paste the list from previous edit and pasted it back, hence the number of names in the list of names keeps growing thus diverting from the main theme of the article. Please note this article is one and only source of information on Tando Allahyar on the whole of WORLD WIDE WEB, hope you understand why i need it to remain pure of these edit-mongers so much.Taimoor76@gmail.com 08:47, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

• Declined — there doesn't seem to have been any editing since the 25th, so the edit war must have subsided. —this is messedrocker (talk) 11:17, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Slipknot (band) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-Protection - recent multiple IP vandalism -Patstuart 18:57, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protected due to heavy vandalism. WinHunter ^(talk) 04:27, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Joseph McCarthy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection -- Tons of vandalism since school opened. KarlBunker 18:41, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protected due to heavy vandalism. WinHunter ^(talk) 04:27, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Oral sex (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Request semi-protection based on the constant vandalism by anonymous users and the near constant link spam this article recieves. Due to the nature of this article it seems to attract a great deal of attention from most likely young teenage non-wikipedia-familar users who find it immensley humerous to leave cras, vulgar or rude vandalism. At first it was accepted that this would inevitably be the case due to the nature of the article but at frequently 2+ vandalisms per day its becoming such a strain for those of us watching the article to keep up. It's now reached a point where several of us have conceeded that we can't keep exspending time reverting vandalism on this page as its being done at the expense of us writting new content, and so will have to un-watch the article, effectivley leaving it to the vandals. It seems unessessary for us to waste time reverting anon IP vandalism when it could be prevented at large by restricting the articles editing to registered users. So to sum up I'd like to request permenant semi-protection until such a time in the future that its requested otherwise (though I doubt that will ever happen). Thanks for considering this request. WikipedianProlific^(Talk) 18:28, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protected due to heavy vandalism. WinHunter ^(talk) 04:25, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Dwain Messer (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Requesting long term full protection as the only edits this article gets anymore is repeated vandalism from the same user (User:Joegilbert11, User:Joegilbert12, User:Joegilbert13, User:Joegilbert14, User:Joegilbert15, User:Joegilbert16, User:Joegilbert17, and User:Joegilbert18) and reverters. Ryūlóng 09:06, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

There is not enough recent activity to justify protection at this time. Just watchlist and revert any vandalism. WinHunter ^(talk) 04:19, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Atheism (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Requesting semi protection from anonymous vandals with disparate IPs. Xiner 22:36, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

There is not enough recent activity to justify protection at this time. Just watchlist and revert any vandalism. WinHunter ^(talk) 04:17, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Now that there is photographed proof of the change in signage at the airport (a link is provided towards the bottom of the talk page), the disputed name of the article should be changed to match the airport's new official designation. In order to prevent a continuation of the revert war of the article that occured prior to protection (which is bound to last for a considerable amount of time), the article should remain protected until further notice.-- butterfly0fdoom (time and date unknown)

Please present evidence of a consensus to make requests here, and sign your posts.Voice-of-All 20:13, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

The problem is, though, the issue is so politically charged that to reach a consensus is unlikely. However, with the signage changed (http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=243166986&size=o) at the airport that the article is about, the title should be changed to reflect this change. But to ensure that the revert war doesn't continue, continued protection is requested as well. --butterfly0fdoom 03:27 25 September 2006 (UTC)

User:The1exile (edit | [[Talk:User:The1exile|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-Protection Repeated vandalism when I am trying to take a wikibreak. --The1exile - Talk - Contribs - 20:32, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protected. WinHunter ^(talk) 00:49, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Finchley Catholic High School (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-Protection Vandalism from a new user with a stupid name and anonymous IP adresses. --The1exile - Talk - Contribs - 20:32, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

There is not enough recent activity to justify protection at this time. Just watchlist and revert any vandalism. WinHunter ^(talk) 00:49, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Basketball (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Request semi-protection based on recent vandalism by multiple IPs. -Patstuart 15:23, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protected due to heavy vandalism. WinHunter ^(talk) 00:51, 27 September 2006 (UTC)